Over the course of a few days, you will personally turn a natural hardwood stave, into a shooting bow. This course is mostly hands-on workshop, with a few short lectures, at key points in the process. You will learn all of the steps necessary for building, and using primitive bows; gathering, profiling, tillering, string making, and of course, shooting. We build and use many different styles of aboriginal bows, out of the native preferred species of bow woods. Everything from “self-bows” Used for all-purpose hunting weapons, to native culture specific, museum quality replicas. This course can be taken many times, each time building something new, and more challenging.